Posted by WTM on March 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Randy Walker
John Isner fought valiantly Sunday, playing in his debut Davis Cup series against the No. 2 player in the world, on foreign soil, on an uncomfortable clay court, with over 10,000 Serbian fans cheering against him.
But it was not enough.
The six-foot-nine inch Isner came up just short against Novak Djokovic, falling 7-5, 3-6, [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment
On the current career resume of Roger Federer, the Australian Open stands as his most elusive major. The Swiss maestro has gone three years without winning Australia’s Grand Slam tournament, an eternity by the standards of Federer, the reigning French and Wimbledon champion who last won the U.S. Open in 2008. Federer last won in [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 23, 2010 · 2 Comments
Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt will face off in an anticipated round of 16 match Monday at the Australian Open, after Federer defeated Albert Montanes 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 and Hewitt defeated Marcos Baghdatis 6-0, 4-2, ret. (shoulder injury). The rivalry between the future Hall of Famers dates back to 1996 when the two 15-year-olds played [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 21, 2010 · 2 Comments
By Randy Walker
The tennis world was quite abuzz Thursday when His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales attended the Australian Open and watched the final set of the second round match between Roger Federer and Victor Hanescu. Following the match, the Prince was able to meet privately with Federer, as well as No. 1 WTA [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment
It was 20 years ago today, on January 21, 1990, that John McEnroe was defaulted from his round of 16 match at the Australian Open against Mikael Pernfors. Video of the event can be seen on these two clips from YOUTUBE here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-52G_eaAni4 and here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z8IACYeL-c&feature=PlayList&p=7839D120564C40E0&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=18
This and other events that happened today in tennis history [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 19, 2010 · 1 Comment
Barbora Zahlavova Strykova of the Czech Republic and Russia’s Regina Kulikova created tennis history Tuesday playing the longest women’s match in the history of the Australian Open and the second longest match of all time.
Strykova won the first-round match, 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (10-12), 6-3, in 4-hours-19 minutes, played over two days because of Monday’s rain [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 19, 2010 · 1 Comment
Louk Sorensen became the first player since 1985 to represent Ireland in a Grand Slam tournament when he went through the qualifying rounds at the 2010 Australian Open. Sorensen is now into a second-round match with American John Isner by defeating Lu Yen-hsun of Chinese Taipei 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 Tuesday, likely to result in [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Randy Walker
It was 22 years ago today, January 11, that the Australian Open entered a new era. It was on this day in 1988 when the Australian Open moved to its new location – then called Flinders Park and now called Melbourne Park with the centre court centerpiece – complete with the retractable roof [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment
December 20 marked the end of a career for Roger Federer. It was on this day, on December 20, 1998, as documented in the book “ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY” ($19.95, New Chapter Press, www.TennisHistoryBook.com), that Federer’s career as a junior tennis player came to an end as he won the prestigious Orange Bowl [...]
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Posted by WTM on December 22, 2009 · 1 Comment
Eleven years ago this week, Roger Federer was staking his claim as the top player in the world – in the juniors. Federer ended his junior career by winning the 1998 Orange Bowl in Key Biscayne, Fla. The win placed him in the No. 1 ranking in the International Tennis Federation junior rankings for the [...]
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Posted by WTM on December 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment
December 20 marked the end of a career for Roger Federer. It was on this day, on December 20, 1998, as documented in the book “ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY” ($19.95, New Chapter Press, www.TennisHistoryBook.com), that Federer’s career as a junior tennis player came to an end as he won the prestigious Orange Bowl [...]
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Posted by WTM on December 15, 2009 · 1 Comment
Now that Roger Federer has won his 15th major singles title, breaking the all-time men’s record of 14 set by Pete Sampras, what is his next goal?
All champions are goal-setters and when one goal is achieved, there is the immediate focus on what the next goal is. The other major goal for Federer was to [...]
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